Hello, I have an issue with Past Progressive.I was taught that one of the situations you must use the past continuous was if you made an action in the past at a specific time. For example:I was eating dinner at 6 p.m.My question is: can't i say "I ate dinner at 6 p.m"?Doesn't it depend on the context?The specific time points out that something happened before 6 p.m (interruption). Basically, I started eating befor 6 p.m. However, if i say "i ate dinner at 6 p.m" means that I strated eating exactly at 6 p.m.Is my analysis correct? Thanks in advance?

In standard English this would suggest that eating started at 6 and watching started at 7. No information is given about the duration - except that we can deduce eating did not take longer than 60 minutes

Hi guys,Past progressive is used when you want to show two actions that happened at the same time in the past. For example:I was cooking dinner while my mother was cleaning.orI was having dinner when my mother got home (the second is a short action).You can't use Past Progressive just like that in a sentece.If there is one action in a specific time it is Past simple- I ate dinner at 6 pm.If there is not mention of a specific time then it's present perfect:I have read this book (don't know when).